Courage and Innovation Symposium 2020: Heart Failure and Heart Transplantation at the University of Chicago
Target Audience
Learning Objectives
- Describe how to manage the advanced heart failure patient in the outpatient setting;
- Identify the current diagnostic and management strategies for the common and uncommon cardiomyopathies;
- Discuss the latest scientific evidence and guidelines in acute mechanical circulatory support and cardiac transplantation;
- Evaluate the role of molecular monitoring for rejection in cardiac transplantation;
- Identify strategies for the optimal care of post-transplant patients using evidence-based guidelines;
- State current practice strategies of advanced practice providers in the care of heart failure patients.
- 5.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 5.25 Nursing Contact Hours
- 5.25 Participation
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HOTEL
La Quinta Inn and Suites by Wyndham Chicago Discounted rooms are also available at La Quinta Inn and Suites by Wyndham Chicago, 4900A S. Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60615. To receive the discounted rate, visit their website, and enter the code “CGUCHG” under Availability and Special Rates. To receive the discounted room rate, reservations must be made by January 29, 2020. Reservations made after this date are subject to availability at regular hotel rates. The room block may fill prior to the cutoff date, so be sure to make your reservations early. Please note, we do not provide parking validation for hotel parking.
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The University of Chicago reserves the right to cancel or postpone this conference due to unforeseen circumstances. In the unlikely event this activity must be cancelled or postponed, the registration fee will be refunded; however, The University of Chicago is not responsible for any related costs, charges, or expenses to participants, including fees assessed by airline/travel/lodging agencies.
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO COURSE DIRECTORS
Cynthia Chow Professor of Surgery
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Disclosure Declarations
As a provider accredited by the ACCME, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine asks everyone who is in a position to control the content of an education activity to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest. This includes any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by or used on patients. The ACCME defines “relevant financial relationships” as financial relationships in any amount occurring within the past 12 months, including financial relationships of a spouse or life partner that could create a conflict of interest. Mechanisms are in place to identify and resolve any potential conflict of interest prior to the start of the activity.
Additionally, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine requires authors to identify investigational products or off-label uses of products regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration, at first mention and where appropriate in the content.
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 5.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
University of Chicago Medicine is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Ohio Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. (OBN-001-91)
This live activity is designated for a maximum of 5.25 continuing nursing education units.
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 5.25 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
Other Healthcare Professional Credit
Please Note: The credit claiming process will close three months after the conference end date. Requests to claim credit after three months will be subject to additional fees.
FEES
Profession Type | Registration Fee |
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Physicians | $150 |
Nurses, Technologists, Students & Other Healthcare Professionals | $75 |
Physician Trainee | $50 |
Industry Professional | $350 |
CANCELLATION POLICY If you cancel your participation in this conference, your registration fee, less a $25 administrative fee, will be refunded when written notification is received by January 15, 2020. No refunds will be made after January 16, 2020.
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Please Note: The credit claiming process will close three months after the conference end date. Requests to claim credit after three months will be subject to additional fees.